Video uploaded to YouTube by Jamie Jensen shows a U.S. Postal Service rural carrier driving on the grass of a customer’s yard and throwing a package towards the house.
The USPS Reports: Penalty Overtime Exclusion As referenced in Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the USPS-NALC and USPS-APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of 4 consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 25-17, Week 2 (December 2, 2017) and ends […]
PHOTO: Jonathan Lowe at the Tucson CFS in 1996. Lowe later worked as a processing clerk on Tour 3, and as a window clerk before retiring from the Postal Service. PostalMag.com audiobooks reviewer Jonathan Lowe is an award winning writer who has published articles and stories in over 40 magazines, with both drama and fiction […]
The U.S. Postal Service today issued the Celebrating African American History and Culture commemorative Forever stamp as a tribute to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture during a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony at the museum. The stamp is now available nationwide. “The Postal Service is honored to issue a new commemorative Forever […]
Photo: Poland, Indiana Post Office 47868, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife #elk #ynp #usps #wyoming A post shared by Claire Carroll (@hclairec1) on Oct 12, 2017 at 6:07pm PDT #tbt to this post office because it was too good not to ? . . . #usps […]
The U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post will dedicate joint History of Hockey stamps at a ceremony at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on October 20th, 2017. The U.S. and Canadian stamps will feature the same designs but will be offered separately by each country with respective identifying marks. The U.S. stamps will be […]
Photo: Miami, West Virginia Post Office 25134, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Sally is a bit miffed. Great Pumpkin ? #greatpumpkin #snoopy #linusvanpelt #pumpkinpatch #snoopylover #comicart #illustration #illustrationartist #pumpkinart #fallart #snoopyandwoodstock #thegreatpumpkin #peanutsgang #favoritetvshow #mailart #mailartist #stamp #usps #stampcollector #firstdaycover #collectible #bellamarksart A post shared by […]
A drone video uploaded to YouTube on October 11th, 2017 by user Douglas Thron shows a USPS mail truck driving through a neighborhood ravaged by the Santa Rosa wildfires. At the beginning of the video, the mail carrier actually delivers mail to a mailbox in front of a house that has burned to the ground.
The USPS OIG has conducted an audit to determine if the Postal Service has established and implemented an effective insider threat program in accordance with Postal Service policies and best practices. An insider threat program helps an organization prevent, detect, and respond to the threat of an employee, contractor, or business partner misusing their trusted […]
Photo: Lewisville, Ohio Post Office 43754, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife An eagle’s eye view of the largest flock in the business. ? credit: @brianeking! #usps A post shared by US Postal Service (@uspostalservice) on Oct 10, 2017 at 6:59am PDT And of course (you’ll know […]
The USPS Reports: The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but many people miss loved ones who are stationed overseas as military or diplomatic members. While the holidays are a hard time to be away from home, the U.S. Postal Service makes it a priority that those serving their country will […]
A new report released by the USPS OIG discusses the possibility of self-driving postal delivery vehicles. The report, Autonomous Vehicles for the Postal Service, considers that such vehicles could become a reality within the next decade, offering increased driver safety, better fuel efficiency and boosted productivity. The OIG reports: “Driverless cars have captured imaginations for […]
Photo: Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania Post Office 17505, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife I am sure there was some #rhymeorreason in here someplace when I put these #parcels in. No need to number or get them in order. I was born for this #lifestyle. Missing my […]
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a set of four “Forever” stamps featuring illustrations from the 1962 children’s book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The book was one of the first 20th century picture books centered on an African-American child. Art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamps. See the book at Amazon.com
Postage Due, a comic strip by postal employee Mike Morgan, follows a group of maintenance employees in a fictional delivery company called FEDUPS (Fly-by-night Economical Delivery and Universal Packaging).
Photo: Fifield, Wisconsin Post Office 54524, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Big yellow mail box!! #roadtrippin #famlydrive #usmail #usps A post shared by Joe Quigley (@joebenquig) on Oct 7, 2017 at 1:32pm PDT I always take different back roads going to a friend's place that lives […]
The last remaining Postal Governor James Bilbray signed several POST DATED orders in November/December 2016 to raise postal rate prices in January 2018, because any price increases must be approved by the postal governors. Currently there are no postal governors because the Senate has not confirmed any new governors in a couple of years. The […]
The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today (10/06/2017) of price changes to take effect on January 21, 2018. The new prices, if approved, include a one cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 49 cents to 50 cents. Postcard stamps and metered letters […]
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced that the overall average increase in total premiums for the 2018 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will rise by an average of four percent. The Federal Benefits Open Season, which runs from November 13 to December 11, 2017, gives Federal employees and retirees the opportunity […]
Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of South Texas. But through it all, Postal Service employees, some of whom lost their own homes, rose above the flooding to continue to serve the community.
